Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 623 - 618 Devouring Immortal Treasure, A Visitor from the Void_1

Chapter 623: Chapter 618 Devouring Immortal Treasure, A Visitor from the Void_1

Jia Ren had no advantage fighting on the enemy’s home ground, as the terrifying Dead Immortal Will could descend at any moment.

One against four? Leaving is the correct path.

Jia Ren fled at astonishing speed to prevent the Dead Immortal Will from catching up. After all, he still carried the Annihilation Sword, which constantly damaged his body. Since the sword belonged to the Dead Immortal, it could serve as a homing beacon.

Could the Dead Immortal Will use this treasure to locate the world I’m in?

Jia Ren and Jin Sheng transformed into their fused demon state, handing over most of the body’s control to Jin Sheng to accelerate their escape from the world of the Daqian Kingdom. He himself controlled the Southern Ming Separation Fire to burn the Annihilation Sword, hoping to eliminate the hidden danger.

Fire ignited on the sword’s body but was repelled by the powerful sword qi. The quality of the Southern Ming Separation Fire was insufficient to invade the core of the Immortal Treasure and burn away the Dead Immortal Will inside. The Phoenix Flame he summoned was useless, even less effective than the Southern Ming Separation Fire.

"Mixed Spirit Gourd."

Jia Ren took out the Mixed Spirit Gourd. He allowed the Southern Ming Separation Fire and Phoenix Flame to merge inside, forming a grey flame that landed on the Annihilation Sword. The sword emitted a sizzling noise as it continuously produced power to counteract the flame. Unfortunately, it still couldn’t resolve the issue with the Annihilation Sword.

This is truly headache-inducing. I can’t just throw away a hard-earned Immortal Treasure; that would be a terrible waste. What to do?

After several attempts, he still couldn’t turn the Annihilation Sword to his own use.

Since that’s the case, become part of my Cultivation Level then!

Discarding an Immortal Treasure was wasteful, and the Dead Immortal Will and the Daqian Kingdom could still locate it and retrieve it to enhance their power. Why not... use the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art to devour it? That could also increase my own Cultivation Level. Why not enjoy it?

He had never devoured an Immortal Treasure before and didn’t know what the effect would be.

Jia Ren continued on his way, multitasking, using the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art to devour the Annihilation Sword. The Annihilation Sword, being an Immortal Treasure with an owner, possessed a flawless body. The Spirit Devouring Treasure Art struggled to shake its entirety and was unable to devour the treasure’s essence.

The grey flame, born from the fusion of Phoenix Flame and Southern Ming Separation Fire, kept burning the Annihilation Sword, contesting it. As the two intertwined, the Annihilation Sword could no longer maintain its flawless state, providing Jia Ren with an opportunity. The Spirit Devouring Treasure Art was employed once more, capturing the power of the Annihilation Sword.

This Spiritual Power was incredibly pure, far more than ten times stronger than the Spiritual Treasures he had devoured before. The Heavenly Treasure Spirit Power, currently absorbed and transformed by the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower, also couldn’t compare with the power Jia Ren obtained from the Annihilation Sword through the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art. The only drawback was that the power inside the Annihilation Sword carried the pollution of foreign Spiritual Power. Whoever dared to absorb it into their body would certainly become controlled by the Dead Immortal.

However, this wasn’t a difficult issue for Jia Ren. As soon as the foreign Spiritual Power entered his body, the Southern Ming Separation Fire immediately purified it, turning it into pure power. It quickly transformed into his Cultivation Level, strengthening him. Jia Ren felt the long-missed increase in his Cultivation Level.

"Good!"

Since you cannot be used by me, then let’s make the most of you. Turn into slag!

The Annihilation Sword sensed it was encountering a thief. Its core power was depleting, and it turned, intending to deal with this major trouble. Unfortunately for the sword, Jia Ren was still in the state of Law of Heaven and Earth and Ten Thousand Beasts Sovereign Body. His immense power kept it constrained, preventing it from acting smoothly. The grey flame continued to contest it while the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art devoured its essence.

The Annihilation Sword’s depleted power was not replenished. Over time, it grew weaker, a far cry from its previous ferocity. Several attempts ended in failure. Endowed with its own consciousness, the sword knew that if this continued, it would undoubtedly be destroyed. Feeling a certain command deep within, the core power in the sword expanded rapidly, seemingly about to consume itself and unleash one final strike.

Jia Ren’s complexion turned grim; he knew without a doubt the Dead Immortal Will was behind this. Better to be a shattered jade than an intact tile!

He was about to detach his right arm and flee a thousand miles, not wanting to be affected by the Immortal Treasure’s self-destruction. His Immortal Physique could quickly restore a severed right arm, minimizing the damage received.

Just at that moment, the Birthless Killing Sword sensed its owner was threatened. Also affected by the Annihilation Sword Intent, its Lifeless Sword Intent erupted.

"Lifeless!"

The Lifeless Sword Intent emerged, confronting the Annihilation Sword. It collided with the Annihilation Sword Intent, disrupting the self-destruction. As an Immortal Treasure, the Annihilation Sword had its pride and wouldn’t tolerate a challenge from a lesser being. The two Sword Intents intertwined, creating a unique battlefield of intent: the Sword Intent Realm. This was a contest of Sword Intents; the loser would perish, and the victor would devour the loser’s Sword Intent.

One Sword Intent was pale, as if infused with blood, manifesting lifelessness with each strike. The other Sword Intent was pitch black, threatening to annihilate all life. The two Intents shared similarities yet were distinctly different.

An opportunity! This was the chance the Birthless Killing Sword had provided; he couldn’t miss it.

The grey flame used all its strength, incinerating the Annihilation Sword. Jia Ren pushed the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art to its limits, doing his utmost to devour the Annihilation Sword’s essence. The power he had previously absorbed was as thin as strands of hair. Now, fully exerted, the power he absorbed was three times that amount. Even so, the efficiency was still too slow!

The Insect External Incarnation, the Xuan Beast Avatar, and the Second Nascent Soul appeared by his side. All of them deployed the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art simultaneously. The Proficiency Level of the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art was affected by the absorption of Spiritual Treasures. Without sufficient Spiritual Treasures to feed on, it hadn’t yet reached the Grandmaster Level. The limit of the three avatars using the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art was at the Grandmaster Level, indicating their speed of devouring Spiritual Treasures was consistent with his own. They gave it their all, instantly increasing the efficiency to twelve times its previous rate. This speed wasn’t slow, as they fully drew upon the power of the Annihilation Sword.

WHIR!

The Birthless Killing Sword hummed softly, and fine cracks spread all over its blade. How could a Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure, complete at the Integration realm, possibly contend with an Immortal Treasure?

As time passed, the cracks widened, threatening to destroy the sword at any moment.

"Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower!"

Inside the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower, the Sacrificial Fire disregarded its own sustenance. It provided all it had to the Birthless Killing Sword, striving to keep the Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure intact. With the help of the Sacrificial Fire, the widening cracks on the Birthless Killing Sword gradually repaired, restoring its integrity. The weakened sword spirit solidified once again. Although this couldn’t reverse the tide of defeat, the Annihilation Sword Intent would now find it not so easy to completely shatter the Birthless Killing Sword as before.

The Annihilation Sword Intent nearly destroyed the Lifeless Sword Intent several times, but after a short while, the Lifeless Sword Intent would recover as good as new. This was all because its owner was lending strong support from behind!

The Annihilation Sword Intent, unable to eliminate the Lifeless Sword Intent in a short time and wishing to avoid further entanglement, attempted to escape the Sword Intent Realm. The Birthless Killing Sword wouldn’t give it the chance, desperately entangling with it. The Lifeless Sword Intent went from initially being weaker, to an equal match, and finally, to completely overpowering the Annihilation Sword Intent.

The body of the Annihilation Sword showed thin cracks. Its brilliance faded, and the blade became pocked and dented, a shadow of its former Spiritual Energy. Its sword qi was filled with desolation. If I too had a master, would I have... ended up like this?

After Jia Ren and his three avatars absorbed its power for seven days, the Annihilation Sword also had to face the unkillable Lifeless Sword Qi, along with the ashen flames formed by the Phoenix Flame and the Southern Ming Separation Fire. Ravaged by this pack of wolves, it was ultimately powerless to recover.

In the end, the body of the sword crumbled, turning to ashes that fell into the Void. An Immortal Treasure was thus destroyed.

What a pity. This was the first Immortal Treasure I acquired. An Immortal Treasure with a master cannot be claimed as one’s own before the master’s fall. Devouring it with the Spirit Devouring Treasure Art was the best way to maximize benefits.

WHIR!

A constant humming of swords came from afar. A strong presence emerged from the Birthless Killing Sword, and the Sword Intent that burst forth also carried a hint of the Annihilation Sword’s essence. The Birthless Killing Sword, having devoured the Annihilation Sword Intent and bolstered by the Sacrificial Fire from the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower, broke through its limits and reached the Mahayana level. Its power and potential were now greater than before, initially possessing about a third of an Immortal Treasure’s splendor.

Jia Ren and the three avatars absorbed the essence of the Annihilation Sword, each gaining a significant harvest. The avatars entered the Heaven and Earth Mountain and Sea Pearl to slowly digest their gains. After the absorption, all of their Cultivation Levels were set to surge.

Not bad. A quarter of an Immortal Treasure roughly equates to an increase of five hundred years of Cultivation Level, and the complete treasure should provide around three to four thousand years of cultivation. The discrepancy was due simply to the Phoenix Flame and Southern Ming Separation Fire burning away some power, resulting in not inconsiderable Fire Wasting.

Jia Ren was quite satisfied with this result, which was far better than being injured by an Immortal Treasure, abandoning it, and coming up empty-handed as if fetching water with a bamboo basket.

The journey ahead was not smooth. In the Void, he once again encountered Bizarre Demons that had been abandoned there. They wandered about the Void aimlessly, their return uncertain. Is it really okay to dispose of trash like this? Perhaps it was because he had previously picked up a giant heart, which attracted a Giant Force Apparition, that he felt wary of these unknown Bizarre Demons. After confirming there were no issues, he hesitated for a moment, then collected several Bizarre Demons.

The one that caught Jia Ren’s attention the most was a Bizarre Demon resembling an ear. Upon approach, incomprehensible noises would resonate from within it. Unsure of the source of the sounds and what hidden dangers they might pose, he tossed it into the Demon-Sealing Spirit Tower, no longer paying it much attention.

Eh, is that a Flying Boat in the Void?!

As Jia Ren drew closer to the Mysterious Realm, he saw from afar a solitary boat traversing the Void. Exposed to the relentless encroachment of the Void, its protective Spiritual Light had dimmed, and the boat’s hull bore marks of pocks and dents. This was his first encounter with another wanderer of the Void.

Mahayana Stage Cultivators from the Mysterious Realm would perish upon entering the Void. This had become a stark warning, and few dared to venture into it. It was easy to enter the Void but difficult to escape. Once lost within, there were few paths to survival. Without special means, entering the Void was extremely dangerous, and few people were willing to gamble their lives on it.

Jia Ren carefully sensed and confirmed that the person in the boat was a Mahayana Stage Cultivator. The individual had an unfamiliar face, not resembling anyone known in the Mysterious Realm; they were most likely a Cultivator from another Cultivation World. He hesitated for a moment and did not approach. He couldn’t expose his unified Human Dragon state, as Divine Beasts attract covetous eyes, potentially leading to unforeseen complications. Moreover, he was in a hurry to return to the Mysterious Realm. It was better to avoid trouble when possible, pretending nothing had happened.

Jia Ren passed by swiftly, merely a passerby.

The person on the boat faintly sensed something and scanned the place where Jia Ren had been, but found nothing. He held a compass in his hand, trying to determine his direction.

Is this an illusion? The positions marked on the Fixed Star Compass are correct. I’m not far from the Mysterious Realm.

Jia Ren spent seven days rushing back at top speed. His dragon claws, carrying a murky airstream, ripped through the Void. Jia Ren confirmed there were no mistakes and leaped into the passage.

Mysterious Realm, I have returned!